EDNA PARRISH HOLMES

Edna was born in Wayne County on October 8, 1933 to the late Leroy and Alice Sasser Parrish. She retired from the Wayne County Health Department. Edna was a wonderful wife, mother and grandmother. She will always be loved by her children and will be greatly missed by those who knew her.

The family will receive friends today from 6-8 p.m. at Seymour Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Seymour Funeral Home with Rev. Scott Hardy officiating. Burial will follow in Wayne Memorial Park.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her previous husbands, Cecil Parrish and Hubert Pennington; stepdaughters, Cynthia Warters and Rita Daniels; brothers, Gurney Parrish and Archie Parrish; and sisters, Ellen Evans, Mildred Merritt and Carolyn Parrish.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Kitty Askins Hospice Center, 107 Handley Park Court, Goldsboro, NC 27534.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.seymourfuneralhome.com.